Home Health & Hospice Week
OASIS Collection Suspended For Private-Pay Patients
In a surprise move, Medicare officials called off the collection of OASIS data for patients with payor sources other than Medicare and Medicaid Nov. 5. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is "immediately suspending the requirement to collect private-pay patient data on OASIS," CMS Administrator Tom Scully said in an Open Door Forum for home care providers. A more official, written announcement will be forthcoming, but "for now assume you are not required to collect it as of today," Scully instructed. He made the decision because it seems a waste of taxpayers' money to require home health agencies to collect the data when they don't submit or use it meaningfully, Scully explained. But he warned that if CMS could come up with a meaningful use for the data, the collection of it could be reinstituted on very short notice. "This may very well be temporary," Scully cautioned.
Home Health & Hospice Week
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OASIS Collection Suspended For Private-Pay Patients
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